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@article{170493,
        author = {A Latha Lasans Mary and Dr.A.S.Jayachandran},
        title = {Mythical Elements in Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana-A Study},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2024},
        volume = {11},
        number = {7},
        pages = {858-863},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=170493},
        abstract = {Hayavadana (1971) is the third play of Girish Karnad was based on a subject drawn from The Transposed Heads, a 1940 story by Thomas Mann, which is originally establish in Kathasaritsagara is the base for the central chapter of the play Hayavadana in which there is the tale of Devadatta and Kapila. The story Kathasaritasagara deals by means of a washer man who marries a beautiful woman. Karnad describes the ethical trouble in the main plot and the philosophical problem in the sub-plot. He combines these two thoughts in the superior psychological as well as social fields of visible world for highlighting the basically confusing nature of human individuality.},
        keywords = {Mythology, Manifestation, Interchanged, Identity, Solution, Philosophical Idea, Dualism, Indian Folk Drama, Supernatural Elements, Marriage, Completeness, Etc},
        month = {December},
        }